Weather and community notes from Decatur area
Cloudy outlook and light winds forecast as the state sees no temperature changes. Local residents share visits, births, and hospital news including the birth of Nancy Lou to Mr. and Mrs. R. M. West in Cullman. Memorial and church events fill the week with prayers at Nazarene Church and a bus routing incident on Bank Street. Kiwanians plan a World Series screening at Hotel Lyons and a Front page feature ends after two years.
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R. M. West
Cullman
Cullman Hospital
Nancy Lou
Second Avenue
Bank Street
Church Street
Bank
Church
Second Avenue- Bank Street
Lafayette Street
Goack
Gift of Falsies Sparks Firing and Referendum Debate
New York February 1 1940s poll at Metropolitan Life tests whether an employee should be fired for giving a female co worker a pair of false eyelashes as a Christmas gift. George Moskowitz 41 fired for the gift Newark office poll shows mixed views. union seeks nationwide sampling and office decorum is cited by the company.
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New York
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Manhattan
CIO United Office and Professional Workers Union
George J. Moskowitz
Moskowitz
Newark
N. J
George Hansen
Boy Admits He Wounded Girl in Winnetka Schoolroom
A 13 year old Winnetka student told police he shot Nancy Penfield 14 in a schoolroom after she told his best girl of improper suggestions. Nancy, daughter of former Evanston mayor Henry D. Penfield, was hospitalized in fair condition with a .22 caliber wound to neck and face. The boy fled but was picked up later. he said he planned to kill Nancy and himself.
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Chicago
Winnetka
Copthorne
Coppy) MacDonald
Nancy Penfield
Nancy
Henry D. Penfield
Evanston
Northwestern University
MacDonald
Rex Andrews
Andrews
Macild
Donald
Anderson Manslaughter Conviction Upheld
Seven year sentence for Jack Anderson, a Birmingham insurance salesman, upheld by the state court of appeals. The court found no grounds to reverse the manslaughter conviction for the death of his wife Willie Belle in August 1948 after a 1949 retrial.
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Montgomery
Jack Anderson
Birmingham
State Court of Appeals
Anderson
Jefferson County
Willie Belle
Studebaker Announces Wide Price Reductions
Studebaker Corp cuts prices on all passenger cars by 82 to 135 dollars effective immediately. Board chair H S Vance cites declining costs per unit due to rising production.
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South Bend
Ind
Studebaker Corp
H. S. Vance
Studebaker
Mighty Mo Freed From Mud In Chesapeake Bay Rescue
The 45,000 ton battleship Missouri broke free after two weeks aground at Thimble Shoal. Rear Admiral Allan E. Smith led the salvage effort as the ship floated at 7:30 AM amid northeast winds and rising tides. She heads to Portsmouth Navy Yard for dry docking, while Admiral Blandy retires and turns over command to Fechteler.
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John F. Daffron
Norfolk
Chesapeake Bay
Thimble Shoal
Allan E. Smith
W. H. P. Blandy
Atlantic Fleet
Blandy
Navy
William M. Fechteler
Navy Yard
Portsmouth
Kentucky
Missouri
Groundhog to Reveal Winter Prognosis in Quarryville
Quarryville Slumbering Lodge of Groundhogs plans a lighthearted emergence to forecast the season. If the groundhog sees a shadow, six more weeks of winter follow. no shadow signals an early spring. Lodge members will use walk talkies for reporting, with smoke signals as backup.
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Quarryville
Vinson Urges Replacing Missouri With Carrier at Sea
Rep. Vinson, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, urged mothballing the battleship Missouri after it was freed from mud. He proposed sending a carrier to sea, arguing the battleship costs too much to maintain given modern combat needs. The Navy estimates about 6.75 million dollars yearly to keep the Mighty Mo in the fleet.
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Washington
Navy
Chesapeake Bay
Rep
Vinson
Dga
House
Armed Services Committee
Truman
Dimes March Aids Decatur Students Reach $567.92
Decatur school children contributed $567.92 toward a $6,000 March of Dimes goal. Frank Troup, county chairman, noted several school gifts including Decatur senior high 49 dollars and junior high 75.50, Somerville Road 116.41, Gordon Bibb 96.05, La Fayette Street 71.80, and other sums. He expected county totals to approach $3,000 once all reports arrive.
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Frank Troup
Decatur
Troup
Decatur Senior High
Junior High
Somerville Road
Gordon Bibb
LaFayette Street
First Ward
Joe Wheeler
Agreement to Ban A-Weapons Only Curb Seen
Washington reports indicate the United States hopes to explode a hydrogen bomb soon while seeking a global ban on atomic weapons through international controls. President Truman orders continued work on all atomic weapons with peace and security as the aim, and Air Force imposes strict flight restrictions near major plants. UN reaction was noncommittal with two American Communist leaders protesting.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Russia
State Department
Truman
Atomic Energy Commission
Air Force
Tennessee
New Mexico
Washington State
Norfolk
Maine
Defense Department
United Nations
New York
Eugene Dennis
Midway School Burglarized Five Points Area
Lawrence County Sheriff George Byars said Midway School five and one half miles north of Five Points was burglarized last night. A messenger reported the intruder removed a screen and entered through a window. Fresh groceries had arrived at the cafeteria. extent of loss is unknown. Investigation to continue this afternoon.
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George Byars
Lawrence County
Midway School
Five Points
Byars
Taylor Black
Fred Riley
May Primary Fever Mounts In Valley Neeed Details
May politics rise in the Valley as two of four Democratic executive committees set qualifications for May 2 primaries. Lawrence and Morgan counties report qualified candidates for sheriff, district commissioners, state legislature, and boards of education. Sheriff Byars withdraws citing poor health. Limestone officials plan Saturday meetings to set qualifications and fees for several offices.
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Vic Bubbett
Democratic Party
Lawrence
Morgan
Isaac Newton
T. C. Almon
Audie Christopher
Limestone Democratic Executive Committee
Limestone
Athens
D. T. Kinney
Cullman
Johnson
Lawrence County
George C. Johnson
W. W. Malone, Jr
County Board of Revenue
Board of Revenue
County Board of Education
Democratic Executive Committee
Lauderdale County
Limestone-Lauderdale
Soviet Rejects French Protest Over Indochina Policy
The Soviet Union rejected a French protest over its recognition of the rebel Ho Chi Minh regime in Indochina calling the move a breach of international law and damaging to Franco Soviet relations. US commanders in Japan seek stronger Far East force as Gen MacArthur and Gen Bradley confer with senior service leaders in Tokyo.
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Associated Press
Russia
Indochina
Southeast Asia
France
Soviet Union
Alexander Bogomolov
Foreign Office
United States
Japan
Joint Chiefs of Staffs
Far East
Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo
Omar Bradley
Navy
Air Force
Russell Seeks Place Number 1 in Morgan County
Noble J. Russell veteran lawyer and former state senator qualified today as candidate for place number one in Morgan county's house representation. He served on finance taxation judiciary highways and insurance committees and led local legislation. Russell is married with three children and active in Veterans groups.
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Noble J. Russell
Morgan
Lawrence
Morgan County
Russell
University of Alabama
Navy
Pacific
First Methodist Church
Morgan County Bar Association
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Lions Club of
Decatur
T. C. Almon
Secretary of State
Montgomery
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Four Seek Morgan County Sheriff and Local Offices
Four more candidates filed for sheriff in Morgan county along with other county posts as the May party primary heats up. Incumbent Sheriff C Bibb Humphrey is among the four contenders for sheriff. Joseph Owain Curry and J Kelso Haynes entered the race for county board of revenue chairman. Leonard E Slate, district two commissioner, has appeared as a candidate. See FOUR on Page 3.
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Morgan Democratic
Rutledge Thomas
T. C. Almon
Morgan County
C. Bibb -Humphrey
Joseph Owain Curry
J. Kelso Haynes
County Board” of Revenue
Leonard
E. Slate
Board of Revenue and Control
Aspir
Burglars Fail to Open Safe at Lovin Produce
J F Lovin Wholesale Produce Co. reported a failed safe-cracking last night after burglars broke a South window, forced a desk drawer, and removed about 15 dollars. Horace Lovin identified drill holes, and no arrests were made as officers investigated this Second Avenue break-in.
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J. F. Lovin Wholesale Produce Co
Horace Lovin
J. B. Whitmire
Second Avenue
Levin
H. N
Senate Pushes Quota Changes for Cotton and Peanuts
Senate moves toward action on a House approved bill to boost up to 1,400,000 cotton acres and about 100,000 peanut acres in Alabama and Texas. The measure survived a defeat of a procedural motion and targets farmers hit by acre reductions under the new allotment act.
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Washington
Senate
House
August H. Andresen
R-Minn
Agriculture Committee
Alabama
Texas
Bond set for Woodrow Lawrence in Limestone burglary case
Limestone County officers report a $1000 bond for 15 year old Woodrow Lawrence after he and his 17 year old cousin Garner Lawrence were accused of breaking into two Limestone grocery stores last week. R. J. Kelley 19 of Minor Hill Tenn was arrested visiting a jail inmate. The Lawrences signed confessions yesterday per Deputy Sheriff Leslie Nelson and Sheriff John Sandlin.
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Limestone
Woodrow Lawrence
Garner Lawrence
R. J. Kelley
Minor Hill
Tenn
Kelley
Leslie Nelson
Lawrence
John Sandlin
Three Miners Die Under Slate and Rock Near Williamson
Three miners were killed at a coal mine near Williamson West Virginia when buried under slate and rock after a 13 hour search. The victims named are Lon Estep 38 Julius Brown 27 and Leo Crum 40. All from bias and ramey town respectively.
Negotiations on New Pact in national strike era
A Washington court opened a test of the legality of the union imposed three day week for 400000 United Mine Workers. Denham of the NLRB sues over the work restriction amid renewed bargaining talks and a Truman plan for a fact finding board. Bethlehem Steel and CIO Marine sign pension deal. Chrysler strike widens with 130000 idle. other labor actions loom nationwide.
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Associated Press
United Mine
Washington, D. C
Federal District Court
Richmond B. Keech
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Denham
John L. Lewis
UMW
Lewis
Truman
New York
CIO Communications Workers of America
Bell Telephone System
Cyrus S. Ching
CWA
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Labor Board
AFL Radio- Television Directors Guild
AFL
New York Harbor
Bethlehem Steel Company
CIO Marine and Shipbuilding Workers
CIO
Detroit
Chrysler
CIO United Automobile
UAW
Conemaugh
Black Lick Railroad
Bethlehem
Johnstown
CIO Steelworkers’ Union
Chicago
Traders Debate Hour Price to Be Paid for Steel
Stock traders argued for nearly an hour before agreeing on a price for U S Steel Corp common stock. Following news that 1949 earnings were at a 20 year high and the dividend was raised to 65 cents, a deal for $1,000 worth of stock was struck as the price rose $1.37 to a 1949 60 high and 35,000 shares changed hands.
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New York
U. S. Steel Corp
Exchange
Steel Corporation
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Apovt
Ronald Kenneth Free
Walter B. West
Kenneth W. Free
Oak Street
Louise Sparkman
Joe Patterson
Somerville
Kenneth W. Free and Son
Dempsey Jeffreys
Landersville 1
C. M. Thorsen
East
Cain Street
Memphis
Thorsen
Baptist Hospital
Alabama Highway Patrol
G. W. Ryker, Hartseller
Church of the Nazarene
Seventh Avenue West
Rev. H. Watson
Luther Brewer
Hartselle
Julian Bibb Jr
Lyons
Daily
Clint Bonner
Bonner
Roland Gray
Cedartown
E. N. Chandler
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
Hampton, Va
Boy
Schoolroom
Mighty
Mr. Groundhog
Kenneth J. Griffith
Soviet
Ambasador
Lovin Produce
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